..rSBA correlate, age-specific efficacy estimates for MCC vaccines obtained from postlicensure surveillance in England were compared with the efficacy predicted by the percentage of individuals in these age groups with rSBA titers ..

Survey of the incidence and aetiology of mastitis on dairy farms in England and Wales

..However, two recent reports of highly transmissible strains in patients in regional centres in England (Liverpool and Manchester) have raised questions as to the extent of the problem and prompted a nationwide survey ..

Prediction equations for normal and low lung function from the Health Survey for England

E FalaschettiDept of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UKEur Respir J 23:456-63. 2004

..to derive new spirometric reference equations for the English population, using the 1995/1996 Health Survey for England, a large nationally representative cross-sectional study...

..To describe the proportion of HIV-infected heterosexual individuals diagnosed late and estimate how much mortality could have been prevented by earlier diagnosis...

Heat-related and cold-related deaths in England and Wales: who is at risk?

S HajatPublic and Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UKOccup Environ Med 64:93-100. 2007

Despite the high burden from exposure to both hot and cold weather each year in England and Wales, there has been relatively little investigation on who is most at risk, resulting in uncertainties in informing government interventions.

..of left-ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure in a large representative adult population in England. METHODS: Of 6286 randomly selected patients aged 45 years and older, 3960 (63%) participated in the study...

Ethnic and gender differences in physical activity levels among 9-10-year-old children of white European, South Asian and African-Caribbean origin: the Child Heart Health Study in England (CHASE Study)

..QRISK2) to provide accurate estimates of cardiovascular risk in patients from different ethnic groups in England and Wales and to compare its performance with the modified version of Framingham score recommended by the ..

Explaining the decline in coronary heart disease mortality in England and Wales between 1981 and 2000

Belgin UnalDepartment of Public Health, University of Liverpool, EnglandCirculation 109:1101-7. 2004

..Our study aimed to examine how much of the decrease in England and Wales between 1981 and 2000 could be attributed to medical and surgical treatments and how much to changes in ..

Effect of screening on incidence of and mortality from cancer of cervix in England: evaluation based on routinely collected statistics

..The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and any differences between men and women, in the general population of England.

Trends in lower extremity amputations in people with and without diabetes in England, 1996-2005

The National Health Service (NHS) cancer plan for England was published in 2000, with the aim of improving the survival of patients with cancer. By contrast, a formal cancer strategy was not implemented in Wales until late 2006...

Variation in incidence of breast, lung and cervical cancer and malignant melanoma of skin by socioeconomic group in England

..of Cryptosporidium using DNA extracted from whole faecal samples collected from 2414 humans with diarrhoea in England between 1985 and 2000 where cryptosporidial oocysts were detected using conventional methods is described...

The contribution of school meals to food consumption and nutrient intakes of young people aged 4-18 years in England

..To estimate long-term trends in cannabis use and projections of schizophrenia assuming a causal relation between cannabis use and schizophrenia...

Association between smoking and blood pressure: evidence from the health survey for England

P PrimatestaDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UKHypertension 37:187-93. 2001

..Cross-sectional data from 3 years (1994 to 1996) of the annual Health Survey for England were used to investigate any difference in BP between smokers and nonsmokers in a nationally representative ..

Recent trends in diagnoses of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in England and Wales among men who have sex with men

..Spreading artificial fertilizers or farmyard manure on grazing land were both associated with decreased risk. These first case-control results from the RBCT will be followed by similar analyses as more data become available...

Herd and individual animal risks associated with bovine tuberculosis skin test positivity in cattle in herds in south west England

..There were 148 study farms enrolled. These were located in six counties of the south west of England in an area considered endemic for bovine tuberculosis (bTB): 24% were restocked after foot and mouth disease (FMD)..

Occupational and nonoccupational physical activity and the social determinants of physical activity: results from the Health Survey for England

..To evaluate the potential impact of various pneumococcal conjugate vaccination strategies, it is critical to ascertain the pre-vaccination epidemiology and to have a detailed evaluation of the current burden of pneumococcal disease...

Effect of precipitation on seasonal variability in cryptosporidiosis recorded by the North West England surveillance system in 1990-1999

Elena N NaumovaDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USAJ Water Health 3:185-96. 2005

..temporal and spatial variability of reported cryptosporidiosis in 15 health authorities in the North West of England using regression modelling. We also examined the role of precipitation as a driving factor for seasonal variation...

We have performed a detailed population study of patients with genetic muscle disease in the northern region of England. Our current clinic population comprises over 1100 patients in whom we have molecularly characterized 31 separate ..

..Recent scattered reports of the emergence of multiresistant PVL-MRSA have highlighted the potential for resistance to emerge. Here we detail polyclonal multiply antibiotic-resistant PVL-MRSA occurring in England.

Causes of blind certifications in England and Wales: April 1999-March 2000

..aureus and belonged to 12 different sequence types, including ST22 and ST30, which are closely related to the most prevalent MRSA clones in United Kingdom hospitals, EMRSA-15 and EMRSA-16, respectively...

Understanding why some ethnic minority patients evaluate medical care more negatively than white patients: a cross sectional analysis of a routine patient survey in English general practices

In this study Enterocytozoon bieneusi -positive faeces samples from AIDS patients in the north west of England were investigated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing for potential zoonotic origins.

..variation in place of death of patients with life-limiting conditions in Belgium, The Netherlands and England. Metropolitan patients were less likely to die at home and, in England, less likely to die in care homes, than ..

Outcomes of interprofessional education for Community Mental Health Services in England: the longitudinal evaluation of a postgraduate programme

..of a two-year, part-time postgraduate programme designed to enable health and social care professionals in England to work together to deliver new community mental health services, including psychosocial interventions (PSIs)...

Meningococcal C conjugate vaccine: the experience in England and Wales

..The MCC immunization programme has been extremely successful in controlling serogroup C disease and continues to be evaluated. The aim of this paper is to review the experiences in England and Wales over the past 9 years.

To estimate the prevalence of body piercing, other than of earlobes, in the general adult population in England, and to describe the distribution of body piercing by age group, sex, social class, anatomical site, and who performed the ..

The 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in England and Wales: spatial patterns in transmissibility and mortality impact

..indicators for the autumn and winter waves of the 1918-1919 pandemic in cities, towns and rural areas of England and Wales. Average measures of transmissibility, estimated by the reproduction number, ranged between 1.3 and 1...

..The cost of depression in the UK was estimated at pound 3.5 billion almost a decade ago. The shift to community-based management for depression alongside the availability of more accurate data have allowed these estimates to be revised...

..the association between quality of primary care for cardiovascular disease achieved by general practices in England and Scotland by general practice caseload, practice size and area based deprivation measures, using data from the ..

Temporal trends in adults' sports participation patterns in England between 1997 and 2006: the Health Survey for England

To examine the effect on geographical equity of increases in the total supply of general practitioners (GPs) and the ending of entry restrictions in 2002 and to explore the factors associated with the distribution of GPs across England.

Challenges to implementing the national programme for information technology (NPfIT): a qualitative study

Jane HendyDepartment of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HTBMJ 331:331-6. 2005

To describe the context for implementing the national programme for information technology (NPfIT) in England, actual and perceived barriers, and opportunities to facilitate implementation.

Suicide in doctors: a study of risk according to gender, seniority and specialty in medical practitioners in England and Wales, 1979-1995

Gemma PhillipsDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, United KingdomAm J Epidemiol 171:1014-22. 2010

..measurements were used to identify cases of norovirus-associated IID and to produce new incidence estimates for England. IID cases were ascertained in the Study of Infectious Intestinal Disease in England (1993-1996), and stool ..

15 years of litigation following laparoscopic cholecystectomy in England

To determine time trends in hospital admissions for chronic liver disease in England between 1989/1990 and 2002/2003, mortality rates in England and Wales between 1979 and 2005, and the influence of alcohol-related disease on these trends.

The purpose of this work was to investigate the incidence rate for admission and mortality of children receiving paediatric intensive care in relation to socioeconomic status and ethnicity in England and Wales.

Histological subtype of lung cancer in relation to socio-economic deprivation in South East England

..This study aimed to define those factors associated in English hospitals with the need to convert a laparoscopic cholecystectomy to an open procedure. These included patient-related and particularly nonpatient-related factors...

Loss of doctor-to-doctor communication: lessons from the reconfiguration of mental health services in England

..In a research collaboration with the National Institute of Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), London, England, we demonstrated that SuperFluids(tm) CFI can inactivate more than 4 logs of human Parvovirus B19 (one of the ..

..In a research collaboration with the National Institute of Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), London, England, we have also demonstrated that SuperFluids" CFI can inactivate more than 4 logs of human Parvovirus B19 in human ..

..EDC), the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), The Fallon Healthcare System, and The New England Biomedical Research Foundation (NEBRF) propose a study of 1,360 cancer patients and 160 physicians and nurses ..

..specimens from a predominately low-income, multi-ethnic population of pregnant women who participated in the New England SCRIPT randomized clinical trial (Smoking Cessation and Reduction in Pregnancy Trial)...